Masatoshi Nagase

Masatoshi Nagase
Nagase at Opening Ceremony of the Tokyo International Film Festival, 2017.
Born (1966-07-15) July 15, 1966 (age 58)
Miyakonojō, Miyazaki, Japan
Occupation(s)Actor, singer
Years active1983–present
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(m. 1995; div. 2004)​

Masatoshi Nagase (永瀬 正敏, Nagase Masatoshi, born July 15, 1966) is a Japanese actor and singer.[1] He is best known in the West for his roles in Friðrik Þór Friðriksson's Cold Fever and Jim Jarmusch's Mystery Train.[2]

Nagase was described by Todd Brown of Twitch Film as "one of the great unsung heroes of Japanese film, a hugely reliable character actor with seemingly unerring taste in projects who - despite a huge body of work - remains largely unknown by name."[3]

  1. ^ Shintani, Rie (21 September 2011). "Interview with Masatoshi Nagase". Oricon Style (in Japanese).
  2. ^ French, Philip (3 May 2009). "Film review: Funuke: Show Some Love, You Losers!". The Guardian.
  3. ^ Brown, Todd (29 December 2008). "Masatoshi Nagase Stars In GELATIN SILVER, LOVE". Twitch Film. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 2 April 2013.